Senior Network Software Engineer

Apple Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metro Area is seeking a senior software engineer to design and build scalable core networking tools and services for Apple’s global infrastructure.

You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver reliable, high‑performance systems, leveraging Python, Django and Golang, and modern data stores. A strong background in RESTful APIs, CI/CD and cloud/container technologies is required, with emphasis on fault tolerance, distributed systems, and operating in

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Proficiency with Python, Django or Golang.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• RESTful API design and development experience.
• CI/CD tooling experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable core network applications for Apple’s global infrastructure.

Skills

Software engineering

Python

Django

Golang

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Dallas - Fort Worth Metro Area, Texas, United States Software and Services

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Description

You will be part of the software development team focusing on hyper-scaled Core Backbone & Internet networking. As a member you will design and develop new applications for building highly scalable core network of Apple. The goal is to delivery scale and reliability to our Global network covering edge and backbone core. These tools defining the Core platform will be built drawing expertise from cross-disciplinary areas including large scale distributed systems, fault-tolerant systems, concurrent systems, operating systems and high performance analytics. If you are passionate about innovating and building systems from scratch for massive scale, then our team might be the right place for you.

Responsibilities

• This role will work closely with the global team members to develop software systems to improve key engineering and operational metrics of reliability, visibility and efficiency. This individual will need to excel in a fast-paced, multifaceted work environment, collaborating closely with our core network teams, as well as multi-functionally with external groups to deliver turn-key solutions in order to reach this goal. Due to the nature of our customer, foundational network technology knowledge will be a key skill for the ideal candidate to possess.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Expert level of proficiency with modern programming languages and frameworks. Such as Python/Django/Golang are strongly preferred.
• Strong experience on relational databases such as Postgres, MySql
• Strong software engineering background with experience with building/maintaining RESTful APIs
• Strong experience in using CI/CD tools and techniques

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong experience with Linux system administration
• Experience with application containerization technologies (Docker, Kube)
• Experience operating and developing infrastructure and services in cloud platforms
• Understanding of centralized configuration management and provisioning technologies, such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef etc. a plus
• Understanding of network protocols such as (BGP, MPLS)
• Familiarity in network monitoring protocols (Netflow, SNMP etc)
• Experience network protocols such as (TCP/IP, TLS, HTTP, UDP,DNS)
• Solid understanding of network operating systems such as (i.e. Junos, IOS, EOS) is a plus

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